Tournament play vs Cash play

[Aequitas58]

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[Zybomb]

The only reason Moneymaker's name was mentioned in there was because of his WSOP 03 win (and I was naming the final few players from the past few years WSOP, not necessarily professionals) -- and you know I cant mention Toto's name because I absolutely despise him and his poker game (anyone remember Danny Wynn (sp) won a WPT event last year, with his reckless pointless aggression which included CALLING an all in with a gutshot and winning a hand in which he was a 99.5% dog on the flop) yea he's the same player with a little more common sense

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And to your off topic comment: (this should probably be in a new thread or a PM since it's 100% off topic, but whatever)

It is done (although it has been done before and I've gone back to add a section, edit something etc, usually based on a Q that comes up here, or a situation I faced at the table that night and realized how crucial it was), and I've set up my paypal account to premier so I can accept funds etc. The only things left I have to do is get a website going, invest in/do some advertising/marketing, and figure out a price tag.

While getting the website up and running (and designed) is obviously the most important, The last issue (price tag), is my biggest concern. I can't say I've read every online e book on poker out there ( mostly because Im pretty sure the majority of them are not very informative) but I have gotten my hands on a few, simply to see what type of material is out there, how much it is being sold for etc.

The crazy thing is the average e-book goes for $47, with some going as high as $97!? I don't understand the '7' thing, nor do I understand what kind of material could be offered in these books that makes them more expensive (some triple) than an actual paperbackbook written by a professional -- unless there are some costs associated with selling online that I am either missing or are not aware of. Most recently I received an email about a book entitled the Micon System by an online semi-pro name Bryan Micon -- an audio course geared towards winning online MTTs, which was being sold for $97 and going up to $127 in a week or so. While he seems to have an above average track record, I cant imagine it rivals someone like Dan Harrington, who's paperback goes up < $30

I just don't understand these kind of price tags, yet at the same time if I price a book lower than standard, it may give potential buyers the wrong impression of the book. I'm really not joking when I say this book is probably the most informative book there is, for players who already grasp a lot of the basic and semi-advanced concepts of the game which are explained well in other books -- simply because it tackles a lot of issues which aren't addressed in books, yet discussion seems to be coming up on poker forums about. Other people's advice on matters that I have agreed with is incorperated into the book as well, I think I've learned something! Without a doubt I believe it to be the best investment on the internet for an e-book.

Currently the list of topics is as follows (cut and pasted so if the pages numbers etc are all over the place thats why)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Catching Up 5

Section 1: The Basics

₧ Bankroll Requirements… and occasionally breaking them 6
₧ Player Types and Playing against them 7
₧ Aggression 10
₧ Predictability: 11
₧ Keeping pots small unless you are sure you are ahead 12

Section 2: Pre-Flop Situations

₧ Observing the position of the Pre Flop Raiser 13
₧ Playing Position 14
₧ Hidden Positioning 16
₧ Calling raises HU from the SB 18
₧ Playing Small/Medium Pairs in an unraised pot 20
₧ Playing Small/Medium Pairs to a raise 21
₧ The “Squeeze Play” 24

Section 3: Situations which come up both preflop and postflop

₧ Raising Proper Amounts 25
₧ Not wasting money 28
₧ Raising when you will only get a call when you are beat 29
₧ Raising for information 32
₧ Making big laydowns (especially in tournament play) 34
₧ Playing Upper Middle Pairs to a Reraise 35

Section 4: Post Flop Situations and Concepts

Section 4 Part 1: Concepts

₧ Continuation Bets 37
₧ Slowplaying/Check-Raising 40
₧ The turn “Slowplay” 44
₧ Gambling, to maximize value with a strong hand 45
₧ Drawing hands: Raising, Calling and Folding 46
₧ Implied Odds 50
₧ The “Stop and Go” Technique 52
₧ Bluffing 53

Section 4 Part 2: Situations

₧ Taking control of Hands by checking? ? 55
₧ Playing OVERLY aggressively 57
₧ The check/call mode of No Limit 58
₧ Calling with Intention of later stealing 60
₧ When just Calling can be the correct decision 62
₧ When Odds control your decision 63
₧ Bluffing into dry side pots 64
₧ Showing down cheaper 65
₧ Not Showing Down and giving free info 66
₧ Extracting the Maximum Value out of your hands 67
₧ Reading the board through your opponents eyes 68
₧ Putting your opponents on hands 69
₧ Representing Hands 71

Section 4 Part 3: Specific Situations

₧ Specific Ways of playing Flushes to get action 73
₧ Flop a straight, flush comes on turn 75
₧ Flop a flush to a PFRer out of position. 76
₧ Flopping the nut straight and the pot has been bet and
raised before you 77

Section 5: Finishing Up

₧ Playing While Short Handed 78
₧ Typical Online Players Thinking 80
₧ Levels of Poker 81

Closing 84

Looking over this, (Im on my new cpu right now which I dont think has the most updated copy of the book on it) I believe I added another topic because the book has a few more pages than 84

Well there's the (long) update

Feel free to ask any ?'s/make comments

[Talking Poker]

Damn... that looks awesome.

I never did get around to reading that old copy you sent me way back when (soory), but when you think you have a polished version, I am serious that I'd like to edit it for you.

[Zybomb]

sounds good -- I'll take you up on that -- probably in the near future too

[Talking Poker]

I was actually thinking about this on the plane today.... quite a bit.

With your approval/permission/invitation, I'd very much like to write the forward for your book, along with editing the entire thing.

I have some more ideas on this too, and wouldn't mind being a bigger contributor if you are interested. I also thought up some marketing type ideas for you - nothing crazy, but I think I could definitely help you out. I'd be willing to do all of this for free, btw (if you insisted on giving me a SMALL cut of the revenue, I wouldn't say no, but it would need to be small)... my motivation here isn't for the money. I really love the idea of you going forward with this and want to help you any way I can.

Feel free to PM or email me if you'd like to talk about this more. And let's see how polished you can get this thing by the end of the weekend. It will give me something to read on the plane on Tuesday.